"Yes, but that'd have been boring."

"Hm. What do you want?"

"To talk, currently, and get an idea of the changes coming. You've made quite a stir in Yu-Shan already."

"Oh really? Well, we have hardly been keeping a low profile."

"Not at all. You've quite broken everyone's ability to predict the future, you know."

"The future is always in motion."

"A rather delightful feature, that's gotten more interesting of late." She laughs. "Come, let's make ourselves comfortable."

She gestures for Luna to go first.

She smiles and twirls, floating into the throne plaza. A gesture, and seats for Occlus and Ani coalesce out of moonlight. Luna drapes herself over her throne.

She beckons the seats closer together and sits.

Ani sits with Occlus.

"I find it rather curious that there's other versions of my Wyld and her girlfriend out there," she says. "Is this normal, for people to repeat across creations?"

"We have found four or five... templates, which do so. There may be others which have not risen to our attention."

Grin. "Your stories are powerful ones."

She tilts her head. "That is one way to phrase it, I suppose."

She smiles.

"What are your intentions in this world?"

"To continue the work Wyld has begun. And do what we can to see she survives it."

"She's a good kid. It's good she has allies."

"Do you count as one of those, I wonder."

"Of course. She's my favorite of my Lunars right now."

"I am unclear on what exactly the relationship is between you and the Exalted."

"I can't command them, which is sort of the whole point, them having been made to overthrow those who would chain me. I helped make their Exaltations, which is a significant portion of their selves after their second breath. The Exaltations were originally tuned to aspects of me, so my Lunars tend to take after me in some way. I also picked my Lunars' soulmates from among the Solars when the Unconquered Sun demanded my Lunars be made unable to rebel. I visit my Lunars when they exalt, and I help those I can. Most of them worship me, and my aspects influence their culture. If I ever decide to leave Creation, I'll pick one of my Lunars to take my seat."

"The other kinds of Exalted mostly don't concern themselves with me very much."

"I see."

"I'm already not supposed to interfere in human affairs as much as I do. Still, with how much you've thrown all Yu-Shan's monitoring into disarray... Well, perhaps I'll be able to work more openly."

"What is the nature of Yu-Shan's monitoring? Why do we in particular upset it so?"